Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Wichita, KS

Issued

Oct 8, 2003, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)

Expired

Oct 9, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Wichita, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumner County, KS

The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS53 KICT 090427
FFWICT
KSC191-090830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1125 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SUMNER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 1122 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS   
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE 
COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL 
PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLOODING RAINS OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES PER 
HOUR. THIS INTENSITY OF RAINS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. OTHER 
HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHERN SUMNER COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT...WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING
IS OBSERVED... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS ROADS COVERED BY WATER.



REPEATING...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SUMNER COUNTY
UNTIL 330 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3731 9776 3716 9778 3718 9719 3747 9718
          3745 9775

$$

/OMITT

000 
WGUS73 KICT 090518
FFSICT
KSC191-090815-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
1214 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SUMNER COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM
CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL FLOODING RAINS WERE LOCATED ACROSS THE 
SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF SUMNER COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES 
PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS 
THROUGH 330 AM WILL OCCUR SOUTHEAST OF A OXFORD TO CALDWELL LINE.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CALDWELL...GEUDA SPRINGS...
MAYFIELD...OXFORD...SOUTH HAVEN AND WELLINGTON.

AT 1212 AM CDT WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WATER OVER THE 1600 BLOCK 
OF K 44.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...ROADS AND AREAS WITH POOR
DRAINAGE.





STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KICT 090758
FFSICT
KSC191-090830-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
256 AM CDT THU OCT 9 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SUMNER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND 
THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. AT 244 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS REPORTED NO PROBLEMS DUE TO HIGH WATER ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. 

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

/DARMOFAL

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Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.